Service Areas

We build across Indiana, and the state's ground falls into three broad regions that change how a barndominium is planned.

Northern lakes and moraines

Northeastern Indiana, including LaGrange and Steuben Counties, is hilly glacial country. The Indiana Geological Survey describes moraines, outwash sand and gravel, and kettle lakes left where buried ice melted. This is also where the code is toughest: 36-inch footings, 30 psf ground snow in counties like Noble and DeKalb, and ice shield underlayment on roofs. Noble County's design winter temperature is 1 degree F, so wall and roof insulation and frost-protected door openings matter. Sand and gravel can drain well, but kettle lowlands and wet ground near lakes need a careful septic layout.

The central till plain

Much of central Indiana sits on the Tipton Till Plain, which the Indiana Geological Survey describes as a flat to gently rolling surface left by continental glaciation, where till and outwash filled old bedrock valleys. Indiana's highest point, 1,257 feet, is on its southern edge in northern Wayne County. Flat, tight till soils often hold water, so drainage, slab height and septic design get attention here.

Southern hills, karst and lowlands

In the south, bedrock shapes the land. The Norman Upland is built on resistant siltstone, and its Knobstone Escarpment of steep-sided hills and valleys runs from northern Brown County to the Ohio River, topping out at 1,058 feet at Weed Patch Hill. The Mitchell Plateau is low-relief karst, pockmarked by sinkholes and underlain by extensive caves, where most streams disappear underground. Building sites there need a check for sinkholes and a septic plan that protects groundwater. Farther southwest, the Wabash Lowland averages about 500 feet above sea level on siltstone and shale bedrock. Footings can be as shallow as 24 inches in counties like Vanderburgh and Posey, and the snow load is lower, but hillside sites still need driveway, grading and drainage work.

Wherever your land is, we start with the county's design values and the health department's septic process, then build the plan around them.

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